Lee Server (May 27, 1953 – December 28, 2021) was an American writer. He was a graduate of New York University Film School.[1] Server wrote several books about Hollywood cinema and pulp fiction. His book on Ava Gardner, Love is Nothing (2006) was described as an "excellent biography" by Peter Bogdanovich.[2] On March 20, 2019, Server joined George Noory on the Coast to Coast radio program to discuss his most recent book, Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin. [3]

Personal life

Lee Server was born on May 27, 1953, in Springfield, Massachusetts.[4] He was married to Terri Hardin.[5] Server died on December 28, 2021, in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 68.[4][5]

Books

  • Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin (2018)
  • Ava Gardner: "Love is Nothing" (2006)
  • Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers (2002)
  • Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" (2001)
  • Encyclopedia of Pulp Fiction Writers (2001)
  • Asian Pop Cinema: Bombay to Tokyo (1999)
  • The Big Book of Noir (1998)
  • Over My Dead Body: The Sensational Age of the American Paperback: 1945-1955 (1994)
  • Sam Fuller: Film is a Battleground: A Critical Study, with Interviews, A Filmography, and a Bibliography (1994)
  • Danger is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines: 1896-1953 (1993)
  • Screenwriter: Words Become Pictures (1987)

References

  1. ↑ Danger Is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 1993 (p.145).
  2. ↑ "Ava's Allure". Peter Bogdanovich, New York Times, April 23, 2006. Retrieved January 22 2013.
  3. ↑ Lee Server on the colorful life of mobster Johnny Rosselli, Coast to Coast, March 20, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Lee Server". Legacy.com (obituary). Los Angeles Times. February 6, 2022. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
  5. 1 2 Somers, Erin (January 11, 2022). "Obituary: Lee Server". Publishers Lunch. Retrieved May 3, 2022.
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